Portsmouth Trojans 2024-25

[trojandave]

The 50-48 loss to South Point drops the Trojans to 11-10 overall vs. the Pointers since PHS joined the OVC in 2015. Tonight they travel to Chesapeake, who are the defending OVC champions. Portsmouth split with the Panthers last season, losing at home but winning at CHS. PHS is 10-10 overall vs. the Peake in OVC play.

[trojandave]

Chesapeake jumped in front 9-0 last night, and cruised to a 77-44 win over the Trojans @Chesapeake. The defending OVC champions looked every bit like a team that has a very good chance of repeating as conference champions. The PHS JV lost by a lopsided score also.

Portsmouth is now 10-11 vs. the Panthers since joining the OVC in 2015, and 0-2 on the season. Things don't get any easier for PHS, as they travel to Minford tonight. The PHS JV is now 1-1.

The PJHS 8th grade is now 6-0 after a 56-14 win over Rock Hill and a 33-28 OT win over Wheelersburg. The 8th grade plays tomorrow at 10:00 at PHS vs. Fairland.

The PHS Lady Trojans are 5-0, with a game tomorrow at 2:30 vs. George Rogers Clark KY.

[trojandave]

Just like the Chesapeake game, the Trojans got off to a slow start and could never seriously threaten as the Minford Falcons rolled to a 68-42 win @Minford. Myles Montgomery had an outstanding game for the Falcons, with 36 points, 24 in the 1st half. Montgomery will play basketball at West Liberty, and is the all time leading scorer in school history. Malachi Loper and Dayquan Woods led the Trojans with 17 points. PHS is now 0-3 on the season, with a road game at Lawrence County KY next Tuesday.

The PHS JV defeated Minford 38-34 to raise their record to 2-1. Jayden Harrington led the Trojans with 14 points.

[trojandave]

8th grade Trojans beat Fairland 40-32 to stay undefeated. Trojans led the entire game and had as much as a 15 point lead.

[trojandave]

Biggdowgg has reported that the Lawrence County game has been cancelled due to sickness within the Trojans. No date for rescheduling has been set.

[trojandave]

Congratulations to Coach Aaron Smith on his 1st win as HC, and also to the Trojans on a 71-57 win at Coal Grove. Malachi Loper led PHS with 28 points, and is now only 33 short of 1,000. CG hung around until midway in the 4th quarter, when the Trojans put the game away with some fast break buckets. Portsmouth is now 1-3 on the season, 1-2 in the OVC, and play in the Ironton Classic today vs. Spring Valley; tip around 7:30.

The PHS JV continued its surprising season, going to 3-1 with a 39-29 win over the JV Hornets. The PHS JV went 6-32 the last 2 years, but this year under Coach Lenny Collins they have been a pleasant surprise.

[trojandave]

Portsmouth started out slow vs. Spring Valley, falling behind 14-6, rebounded to take a 22-21 lead, but the Timberwolves proved too much for PHS as Spring Valley rolled to a 73-43 win in the Ironton Classic. It was the Trojans' 4th game in 5 that they failed to score at least 50 points. Connie Thomas led the 1-4 Trojans with 17 points and was named the Ironton Classic MVP for Portsmouth. PHS has now lost games by 26, 33, and 30 points.

There was no JV game.

[Prime Time]

Trojandave, these first 5games,25-35 point blowout losses in 3 of these. is a 5 win season this year probably reality. JV team seems to be playing better, but these varsity games seem to be quite concerning and especially the complete blowouts. your thoughts. What seems in your eyes is the solution to not being competitive or being competitive then in a half a opposite turnaround in play. Good Luck Trojans!Trimble is Trimble even without Howie!

[trojandave]

Prime Time: The blowouts are concerning, it's not something I like to see, and some may lay blame on Coach Aaron Smith. Let me say this loud and clear.......I stand behind Aaron 100% because he inherited a difficult situation, being named coach so late in the summer.......he knows basketball in and out because I've seen him teach the finer points in practice........he basically has a starting 5 that has no post presence, and he has kids who were not in the system a year ago. Sounds like a bunch of excuses, but it is reality. Very few if any coaches would do better with all these circumstances he's had to deal with. He's a 1st year coach who deserves a chance to prove himself, and I'm confident that given time, either this year or next, the current fortunes will turn around.

As far as being more competitive, in the 3 blowouts, the Trojans need to do better at getting back on defense. As a result of not doing so they give up a lot of layups. With the team struggling to rebound, teams are leaking players back for easy buckets. The shooting at times has been bad, and that's something no coach can control. Portsmouth has to do a better job of not letting 1 player dominate like Myles Montgomery of Minford did with 36 points. So there are things to address and I'm quite sure that our coaching staff is fully aware of them.

I'm just a fan and that's what I see at the moment. GO TROJANS!!!

[trojandave]

Portsmouth dropped to 1-5 with a 71-60 loss at Lawrence Co.KY on Monday. There was no JV game. Don't have the official scoring, but did find out that Malachi Loper is only 7 points short of 1,000. He should pass that mark vs. Notre Dame on Friday. PHS will then host Wheelersburg on Monday.

[HamPorter]

Prime Time: The blowouts are concerning, it's not something I like to see, and some may lay blame on Coach Aaron Smith. Let me say this loud and clear.......I stand behind Aaron 100% because he inherited a difficult situation, being named coach so late in the summer.......he knows basketball in and out because I've seen him teach the finer points in practice........he basically has a starting 5 that has no post presence, and he has kids who were not in the system a year ago. Sounds like a bunch of excuses, but it is reality. Very few if any coaches would do better with all these circumstances he's had to deal with. He's a 1st year coach who deserves a chance to prove himself, and I'm confident that given time, either this year or next, the current fortunes will turn around.

As far as being more competitive, in the 3 blowouts, the Trojans need to do better at getting back on defense. As a result of not doing so they give up a lot of layups. With the team struggling to rebound, teams are leaking players back for easy buckets. The shooting at times has been bad, and that's something no coach can control. Portsmouth has to do a better job of not letting 1 player dominate like Myles Montgomery of Minford did with 36 points. So there are things to address and I'm quite sure that our coaching staff is fully aware of them.

I'm just a fan and that's what I see at the moment. GO TROJANS!!!

Everyone knows you stand behind Coach Smith. You posted that he should have been the head coach the entire summer and fall and tried to rally support and give the board no other choice

You got what you wanted and you’re seeing the benefits now. I love your passion but passionate fans should never have a say in who a high school coach should be. It’s been a disaster the last 2 years since bringing in a coach who thought he was getting 100k to coach from Dayton and it lucked into a nice season that finished with an embarrassing loss at the convo.

[BuckeyeBlood]

Prime Time: The blowouts are concerning, it's not something I like to see, and some may lay blame on Coach Aaron Smith. Let me say this loud and clear.......I stand behind Aaron 100% because he inherited a difficult situation, being named coach so late in the summer.......he knows basketball in and out because I've seen him teach the finer points in practice........he basically has a starting 5 that has no post presence, and he has kids who were not in the system a year ago. Sounds like a bunch of excuses, but it is reality. Very few if any coaches would do better with all these circumstances he's had to deal with. He's a 1st year coach who deserves a chance to prove himself, and I'm confident that given time, either this year or next, the current fortunes will turn around.

As far as being more competitive, in the 3 blowouts, the Trojans need to do better at getting back on defense. As a result of not doing so they give up a lot of layups. With the team struggling to rebound, teams are leaking players back for easy buckets. The shooting at times has been bad, and that's something no coach can control. Portsmouth has to do a better job of not letting 1 player dominate like Myles Montgomery of Minford did with 36 points. So there are things to address and I'm quite sure that our coaching staff is fully aware of them.

I'm just a fan and that's what I see at the moment. GO TROJANS!!!

Everyone knows you stand behind Coach Smith. You posted that he should have been the head coach the entire summer and fall and tried to rally support and give the board no other choice

You got what you wanted and you’re seeing the benefits now. I love your passion but passionate fans should never have a say in who a high school coach should be. It’s been a disaster the last 2 years since bringing in a coach who thought he was getting 100k to coach from Dayton and it lucked into a nice season that finished with an embarrassing loss at the convo.

You’re really dumb, or maybe just trolling. Trojandave may have advocated for Aaron Smith but do you honestly think he had a say in who was coach? If you do then you’re just what I stated previously, dumb. No offense to you by the way Dave. That said Coach Smith is working with what he has. It’s not like he has a state title roster at his disposal. Very little height, has had very little time as the head man. If you come online and post what you’ve posted after them playing single digit games then you have to be a troll. Maybe he won’t win another game as the head coach idk, but after 7 games people like you want him exiled from the school lol.

[Hoopster98]

There goes that man Connie Thomas! Completely took over the 2nd half on offense for the Trojans. Trojans came out ready to play and got after it on the defensive end last night against the Titans. Big block by Brewer on a fast break along with a big time steal from Woods down 2 with 20 secs left in double OT. It was a great team win last night for the Trojans. Congratulations to Loper for 1k. Say what you want about Coach Smith but the kids are playing hard for him, maybe it was because 3 of the transfers had something to prove but the Trojans brought the energy last night.

[trojandave]

Thanks, BuckeyeBlood, for your support. We all have to remember it's Aaron Smith's maiden voyage of coaching. The Trojan HC job is not an easy one given the expectations and tradition of the program. I agree with BB and Hoopster98 on their points......the roster has a lot of new faces but little size, and the kids do play hard for Aaron. They have played more competitive basketball the last 2 games. That's a step in the right direction. Remember if not for a buzzer beater by South Point the Trojans could be 3-4.

[trojandave]

For the 2nd year in a row, the Trojans edged Notre Dame by 1 point, this time by a score of 64-63 in 2OT. Last season PHS beat ND 41-40. Last night Connie Thomas was a superstar in the 2nd half and OT, as time and again he drove through a slew of ND defenders, contorting his body to make remarkable twisting layup shots. With the score 60-55 in favor of ND, Connie's 3 ball cut the lead to 2, then Dayquan Woods made a critical steal and bucket to tie the game at 60. At 63-63, Jayden Brewer was fouled with .9 seconds on the clock, and he calmly made the 2nd FT to win the game. Thomas finished with 25 points. Props to Kaleb Johnson for battling ND on the boards all night. The atmosphere at ND gym was electric, and had a tournament feel to it.

Congratulations to Malachi Loper, who scored 17 points and became the 15th player in PHS boys basketball history to reach the 1,000 point mark. He now has 1,007 points and could very well make a big move up the list by the time the season is over.

The PHS JV lost and is now a respectable 3-2 on the season.

[trojandave]

The 1st quarter put the Trojans having to play catch up all game, as Wheelersburg edged PHS 51-46 @PHS. The Trojans trailed 12-3 after 1 quarter, and committed 9 turnovers in that first 8 minutes. After that, the Trojans fought back to tie the game at 40 with 3 minutes left, and had several opportunities to take the lead, but the shots just wouldn't fall. PHS is now 2-6, while the Pirates are 3-3. The PHS JV lost and is now 3-3.

Malachi Loper now has 1,020 points after scoring 13 last night. He is the 15th member of the PHS 1,000 point club.

The series is now tied at 24, and the Burg has won the last 3 games. PHS leads the series in tournament play 5-4, and it wouldn't surprise me if these two schools meet in the postseason this year. They haven't played in the tournament since the 2011 season, when PHS beat the Burg 45-39 in the regional semifinals.

[trojandave]

Portsmouth picked up its 3rd win of the season with a 60-55 win @Rock Hill. The Trojans are now 3-6 on the season, and 3-3 in their last 6 games. 2 of their losses were by 2 points on a buzzer beater by South Point and a 5 point loss to Wheelersburg. Connie Thomas led PHS with 28 points, 24 in the 1st half on six 3 balls. Malachi Loper had 10 points and now has 1,030 points in his career. Jayden Brewer made 4 clutch FT's in the last 2 minutes. PHS is 19-2 vs. RH since joining the OVC in 2015. The PHS JV is now 4-3 with a 37-31 win.

Portsmouth entertains Ross County Christian on Saturday.

[danicalifornia]

Connie Thomas is really coming alive for the Trojans! Good to see, they’ll be scary down the stretch as it appears they continue to improve

[trojandave]

The Trojans defeated Ross County Christian Academy on Saturday night @PHS 71-49. RCCA has been in operation for about 17 years, but their varsity program is only about 2 years old. They aren't an official member of the OHSAA yet, but in a year or two will be a D7 school. The PHS JV won their game to raise their mark to 5-3.

Connie Thomas once again led the Trojans with unofficially 20 points. He has emerged as the scoring leader on PHS, coming off a 29 point effort vs. Rock Hill, 25 points vs. Notre Dame, and led the Trojans at the Ironton Classic with 17 points vs. Spring Valley. PHS is now 4-6 on the season, and 4-3 in their last 7 games. Connie has to be considered one of the SE district best PG's.

Portsmouth is scheduled to play at home tomorrow vs. Gallia Academy, then travel to Fairland on Saturday.

[Pinwheel]

Why is my posted always deleted but the idiot trolls are not??

They say and do exactly the same things I do and say!

MATTASH NEEDS SOME FAIR MODS THAT ARENT HATERS.